Summary

Van Helsing receives a telegram from Mina, who is on her way to London. Van Helsing enlists Seward to host her while he is in Amsterdam. He gives Seward a copy of Jonathan’s journal to familiarize himself with Dracula. Mina arrives and offers to type up Seward’s oral journal. He hesitates, afraid of what Mina will learn about Lucy, but realizes he must trust Mina. Mina begins a master document, in chronological order, of the various journals, letters and newspaper clippings to build a complete picture of events. Jonathan arrives and adds the letters from Dracula’s various solicitors to the document. In his journal he chronicles his dealings with the solicitor Billington in Whitby, who gives him all shipment paperwork related to the Demeter’s fifty wooden boxes. He speaks to the harbor workers who moved the boxes, as well...